Ilana Newman

Ilana reports on rural Colorado and the Mountain West for the Daily Yonder and contributes to the Rural Strategies multimedia team. Ilana lives in Mancos, Colorado.

Stories from Ilana Newman

Kris Gosar holds bags of flour in both arms, smiling at the camera from inside his mill.

In Southern Colorado Water Is Precious. That’s Why Farmers Are Growing Rye

Rye is having something of a renaissance in the San Luis Valley, thanks to its remarkable drought-tolerance, and two women behind the Rye Resurgence Project.